Abstract

This paper was aimed at reviewing recent studies related with the impact on environment and human health of metals and PCDD/Fs near cement plants. It has been particularly focused on the impact of cement plants located in Catalonia, Spain, which have been monitored by our research for more than ten years. Environmental monitoring studies were performed under different cement plant conditions. While some of our studies examined temporal trends of the levels of the above indicated pollutants, the main goal of other surveys was to assess the impact of implementing alternative fuels in the facilities. Even one of the studies was performed before and after the cement plant temporally ceased its industrial activity. The impact of cement plants burning alternative fuels on the emissions of metals and PCDD/Fs elsewhere was also reviewed. Regarding the cement plants in Catalonia, no significant differences were found, neither in the long-term follow-up studies, nor when alternative fuels are used, nor when a cement plant temporally stopped its activity. These results are in agreement with those reported for several stack emissions of other cement plants working under different conditions. We conclude that emissions of metals and PCDD/Fs by cement plants working with the best available techniques (BAT), should not cause a significant negative impact neither on the surrounding environment, nor on the human health of the population living in the neighborhood.

摘要

本文旨在回顾与水泥厂附近的金属和PCDD / Fs对环境和人类健康的影响相关的最新研究。我们特别关注了西班牙加泰罗尼亚水泥厂的影响，我们的研究已经对其进行了十多年的监控。在不同的水泥厂条件下进行了环境监测研究。尽管我们的一些研究检查了上述污染物水平的时间趋势，但其他调查的主要目标是评估在设施中实施替代燃料的影响。甚至其中一项研究都是在水泥厂暂时停止其工业活动之前和之后进行的。还审查了燃烧替代燃料的水泥厂对其他地方金属和PCDD / Fs排放的影响。关于加泰罗尼亚的水泥厂，无论是在长期的后续研究中，还是在使用替代燃料时，或者在水泥厂暂时停止其活动时，都没有发现显着差异。这些结果与报道的在不同条件下工作的其他水泥厂的若干烟囱排放结果一致。我们得出的结论是，采用最佳可行技术（BAT）的水泥厂排放的金属和PCDD / Fs不会对周围环境或附近居民的人类健康造成重大不利影响。这些结果与在不同条件下工作的其他水泥厂的若干烟囱排放报告的结果一致。我们得出的结论是，采用最佳可行技术（BAT）的水泥厂排放的金属和PCDD / Fs不会对周围环境或附近居民的人类健康造成重大不利影响。这些结果与在不同条件下工作的其他水泥厂的若干烟囱排放报告的结果一致。我们得出的结论是，采用最佳可行技术（BAT）的水泥厂排放的金属和PCDD / Fs不会对周围环境或附近居民的人类健康造成重大不利影响。